VINCENT VAN GOGH
VAN GOGH’S LIFE• Born in Groot-Zundert, Holland on March 30,
1853.• The son of a pastor• Brought up in a religious and cultured
atmosphere.• Vincent was highly emotional and lacked
self-confidence. • Between 1860 and 1880, he finally decided
to become an artist.• Van Gogh had had two unsuitable and
unhappy romances
• The works of his early Dutch period are somber-toned, sharply lit, genre paintings of which the most famous is "The Potato Eaters" (1885).
• In 1886 he went to Paris. His nervous temperament made him a difficult companion and night-long discussions combined with painting all day undermined his health.
• Near the end of 1888, an incident led Gauguin to ultimately leave Arles. Van Gogh pursued him with an open razor, was stopped by Gauguin, but ended up cutting a portion of his own ear lobe off.
• Van Gogh then began to alternate between fits of madness and lucidity and was sent to the asylum in Saint-Remy for treatment.
• In May of 1890 he seemed much more
better but two months later he was dead, having shot himself "for the good of all."
WELL-KNOWN PAINTINGS
Starry Night
Sunflowers
Self-portrait
The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum
Wheatfield with Crows
The Bedroom at Arles
Olive Trees